Eye In The Sky Debuts Monday In Long Beach Police Patrol
Long Beach launches its first helicopter unit with a Hughes two place chopper costing 43000. Sgt Brizendine will pilot and Patrolman Post will co pilot as six officers train for 200 hour courses before full operation. The program follows lessons from Los Angeles County and marks the West Coast first for a police helicopter unit.
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Long Beach
Hughes Tool Co
Robert H. Brizendine
Ben Post
Brizendine
Post
Los Angeles
Peter J. Pitchess
Lakewood
West Coast
Billie Jean Moffitt King Honored In Long Beach Day
Long Beach holds Billie Jean Moffitt King Day with a 400 person testimonial luncheon at the Pacific Coast Club and a 3 pm exhibition clinic attended by Rosemary Casals Roy Emerson and Ken Rosewall. A parade followed and the city named Recreation Park tennis complex the Billie Jean Moffitt King Tennis Center.
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Billie Jean Moffitt
Long Beach
Pacific Coast Club
Billie Jean
Rosemary Casals
Roy Emerson
Ken Rosewall
King Tennis Center
Recreation Park
Wade
King
Billie Jean Moffitt King
Crow
Medical Aid Classes Offered by Long Beach Dept
Long Beach Department of Emergency Preparedness will offer two medical self‑help classes and a radiological monitoring course this fall at Civil Defense headquarters. Pre enrollment is by phone. The 16 hour medical self‑help program runs eight Thursdays starting Sept 26 with sessions at 9:30 a.m. and 7:30 p.m.
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Long Beach
Civil Defense
E. Second St
Ewar P. Peterson
Marguerite O'Rourke
Air Force Reserve
Wallace Berg
DC-10 Pilots Train in New $2.5 Million Cockpit Simulator
McDonnell Douglas and Flight Safety announce a long term DC-10 pilot training contract. A six axis cockpit simulator for the DC-10 will be built at Long Beach Airport with August 1970 delivery. Airlines American and United with options for 110 DC-10s will be among first trainees.
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McDonnell Douglas
Flight Safety Inc
Long Beach
Donald Douglas
Conduction Corp
St. Louis
Flight Safety
New York
Long Beach Center
American Air Lines
United Air Lines
Torrance Man Electrocuted at Diamond Tool Co
A 59 year old Torrance man Earl T Needham was electrocuted at Diamond Tool Co Hawthorne while talking to a supervisor. An electrical arc of 9000 volts leaped from a faulty metal bonding machine and struck his left hand. He was not touching the machine or wiring at the time. The incident occurred Friday according to police.
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Torrance
Earl T. Needham
Patronella Ave
Diamond Tool Co
el Segundo Blvd
Hawthorne
Cypress Soldier Patrick D Fay Killed in Vietnam Combat
Army Spec. 4 Patrick D. Fay of Cypress was killed in Vietnam combat, the Defense Department reported Friday. His parents are Mr. and Mrs. Lawrence W. Fay of 8851 LaSalle St. in Cypress.
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Army
Patrick D. Fay
Cypress
Vietnam
Defense Department
Lawrence W. Fay
LaSalle St
Heart transplant recipient James Singleton dies in Houston
James Elbert Singleton, the world 41st heart transplant patient, died eight days after receiving Paul Craig Mason 17 of Long Beach heart. He died at Methodist Hospital in Houston Texas at 8 a m. Mason died in a motorcycle crash on Labor Day and was buried in Long Beach last week. Singleton died on his 27th wedding anniversary after his heart failed at about 2 30 a m despite attempts to revive Mason’s heart in his chest.
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James Elbert Singleton
Paul Craig Mason
Long Beach
Singleton
Methodist Hospital
Houston
Texas
Mason
Dale Mason
Charlene E. Duden
Ft. Worth
Markets on Pages B-2 and B-3 in Section B
Markets section notes trading activity and price changes across several commodity groups. Analysts comment on market drivers including supply trends, demand signals, and economic indicators influencing stocks and bonds. Local investors monitor notable moves in manufacturing and consumer goods equities.
City Has Lone Way to Bond Debt Limit
Long Beach could issue up to 166.9 million in bonds under the 15 percent limit while current bonded indebtedness stands at 24.22 million. City Auditor Murray T. Courson noted the city's assessed valuation at 1.113 billion and that the 15 percent cap would allow substantial borrowing above the present total.
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Long Beach
Murray T. Courson
Courson
General Hospital Facility Approved for Long Beach Plans
Lindon S. Hollinger recommended approval of a 490000 surgery addition at Long Beach General Hospital. The 14770 square foot complex will include three operating rooms a recovery area and patient transfer space at Willow Street and Redondo Avenue. The project aims to advance geriatric rehabilitation by enabling in house reconstructive surgery. An architect fee of 32505 for Lindsey and Lindsey of Los Angeles was also approved.
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Lindon S. Hollinger
Long Beach General Hospital
Willow Street
Redondo Avenue
Hollinger
Lindsey and Lindsey
Los Angeles
Long Beach Admission Free Weekend Events Highlight
Reminder of no cost events in Long Beach features the 24th Annual Mineral and Gem Show at 2100 W Willow St running 10 a.m. to 10 p.m. An open ship event at Long Beach Naval Station Pier 9 aboard the USS Navasota runs from 1 p.m. to 4 p.m. Both Sunday showings include public concerts by the Long Beach Municipal Band at Lincoln Park at 2 p.m. and 6 p.m.
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Long Beach Area
Willow St
Long Beach Naval Station Pier
Long Beach
Lincoln Park
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Beverly Hills
United States
Llewellyn Bixby IV
Chamber of Commerce
Long Beach Tennis Patrons Association
Billie Jean King
Skip Shaman
Larry
By Bill Homer
Heart OF
James Singleton
Independent Press-Telegram
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